Now about me. I have tried to journal in the past, really I have. I have never succeeded; lack of discipline being the primary culprit, it just became a burden instead of a pleasure. I even tried it when Oprah first came out with her gratitude journal. I found it was much easier for me just to speak my gratitude. Of course, there is no way to turn back the pages and recall things that made you grateful on a particular day. That is one of the shortcomings of not writing things down.
When my daughter Amy and I went on our vacation I forced myself to write in a journal every day. I was fearful I would forget everything we did and saw, and I knew I'd never make it back to Italy or any of the other places. By the tenth day of an almost two week trip I was barely making an entry. It went from very descriptive to "we ordered room service". Even though the heart desires better, sometimes that's all you get.
So, do you journal? I sincerely hope you do. It's a wonderful thing to do for yourself, and I haven't completely given up. My journals may just have fewer entries.
~It is well with my soul
11 comments:
Not really... I do it in spurts and then nothing for a long time... I do print out my blog posts and put them in binders so that's my journal, I guess. ;)
I am amazed by Nancy's journals too. Like you, I have tried and haven't succeeded. My blog is the closest I get to a journal, but I'm impressed by those who do it!
Hi Pat! I wish you a blessed 2012 :)
I love your blog's new look. I do not journal, I have tried, but as days go by I get lazy and then forget to write.
It would be nice to try one this year.
I do keep a journal. I have to write things down because I have a huge problem remembering things. Always did as a kid and I still do. Sooooo I write everything down. My kids and my relatives even call me and ask what happened a certain day because they know I have written it down. lol
In a fashion....I'm very much as you describe yourself. I have good intentions but I simply cannot write unless that special something is in me at the moment. Sometimes, as much as I would like to, the words just don't come. At other times, the word simply come so quickly I cannot record them as quickly as they come. ~~Sigh~~ So, I keep plodding and writing when I can. Such is the life I treasure!
Many hugs...............
Di
My blogs are my journals. But I don't back up what I write so if I lost my blogs I'd be lost too.
I have no great desire to write a journal though, I should because I forget everything, but I think I'd rather create something else that people can keep.
Several thoughts...
First of all...I always used to journal when I went on a trip and have some great memories recorded from trips such as Italy and The Domincan Republic. I've noticed that I have NOT journaled on one single trip I've gone on since I've been married. What's up with that?! (Perhaps I had more important things to do in my spare time. ahem.) Anyway....moving right along...
I do keep a prayer and spiritual life journal - I don't write in it every day - but in spurts - and I love to look back and see what amazing things the Lord teaches me...and to remind myself that He has taught me and to try not to go back around the same mountains again!
I also have an "Olivia" journal filled with funny things she says and does...well, maybe it's not filled. But it has a few pages with writing. Ugh. But it is fun to go back and read those few pages of the things that she did when she was younger.
I guess I have good intentions. But we all know what they say about good intentions.
Like others, my blogging is my journal...and I didn't know you could back up a blog. I should have to inquire of LL Cool Joe how one does that.
And...as for you ordering room service...I recently read a journal entry in one of the dozens of journals my Grandmother kept before she died (well, I guess she couldn't very well journal after she died...) Anyway...it read: "Went to the store - bought laxatives." Now THERE is something noteworthy!!
Ah Pat, I see your blog as your journal! God made us all differently and when we find 'the right fit' we should just stick with that and make it the very creative best we can. As I wrote in my blog today, finding what is 'alive' for us, personally, is the secret to discovering what God wants us to do--and, most likely-- it's going to be different than what everybody else is doing. This journal you have going here in your blog is awesome and is always a blessing to me! ... Debra
Yes Pat .. your blog is your journal. Now all you have to do is print it out for future generations to read about their grandma/great-grandma/great-great-grandma ..
I have a few journal that I wrote in when my kids were young. There were some crazy times entered: earthquakes, Rodney King riots, etc. Lots of entries about hubby's duties as an officer .. and the separation his job created in our family when he was called to serve.
I love reading my grandma's journals about her life as a homemaker. Her son, my pop, journals on a new calendar each year. His garage is lined with nearly 30 calendars put up since he retired. He flips up each one to the correct month .. I love reading them when I go home.
Keep on writing.
xxx Cathy
My blog is my journal, i try to be pretty open with it, but try never to post something that might hurt others, if hurt is involved I try to pray about hte lesson, and blog that
I use to journal! When my son was in a car accident that almost took his life, I journaled. When I read it sometimes it is like being in the moment all over again. I journaled up until about 2 years ago. I am afraid that when I am gone my children will think their mother was crazy lol. I would write about any little thing. But maybe in a way it will show my grandchildren what I was like and some of my dreams and hopes for my children and grandchildren. Well that is unless my computer dies and I haven't back anything up. lol I really haven't thought of handwritng a journal, I thing I would go crazy trying to since I can type much faster....
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